Compensating device



L GUMBER AND Fx F. FEARHEMEL COMPENSATING DEVICE APPLCAI'IUII HLED JULY 16,1921.

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Be 1t known that we, Josnrn Grinsen and FRED. F. Fri/mummia', citizens of the United States.r residin' at East Moline, in the county of itock sland and State of illinois, have invented certain new and useful )infny provements in Compensating evices, of

' which the following is'a speciicationa referdevice of this general character comprisingtwo separable members connected in a manner whereby one of said members may be caused automatically to rotate independently of the other and wherein the opposed faces of said members are provided with enacting means, when in working or applied position, to take up or compensate for wear.

The invention consists in the details o construction and in the combination and arrangement ot the several parts oi our im proved compensating device whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advan- `tageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

rlhe novel features of our invention be hereinafter definitely claimed.

ln order that our invention may be the better understood, we will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is afragmentary View partly in section and partly in elevation illustrating compensating devices constructed in accordance with an embodiment of our invenH tion and employed in connectionwith a connecting rod of an internal combustion engine or the like;

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view will 'taken through the inner member or washer as comprised in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a view in bottom plan of said inner member or washer;

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)Figure i is a view in top member or nut as in iignre 5 is a transverse secti taken thronghsaid enter member i iiigure e is a view in tion, with part in section, ille. compensating device constructed n, accc ance with urtlier embodiment cui invention;

llieure Z is a ragmenterj; view in .i tion illustrating; compensating" structed in accordance with embodiment oi our invention, c, spring being o. fitted; and

Figaro 8 is a view in pian of i' end of the for holding the rotatable members against in movement when beingi applied is disclosed ings, Cr-3 denotes a shaiitw raged a bon l carried by' C or the like, Also engage l w S is a removable cap or bearii & secured in a conventional. manne:L l by the bolts 3. rlhe boite 3 .l i' u the outer face o the 2 with each extended portion is associated comT isn ing device constructed in accor embodiment of our invention.

is disclosed in the accompenyin ings our improved eempen comprises two members A end ber A being oi: the type of caser. its inner edge is provided w' erably two vin number, ci spending edges of said teeth or beveled, as at e, in si. direction' and to substantially the tent. The member A is threaded upon an extended por bolt 3.

The member ll comprises a waal erwiny CIZ is adapted to freely sui-fourni the boit 3, when.

'tion of the faces being snl'istantialiy complemental to the inclination ci the faces e of the teeth e or" the member 6 denotes a coil spring; which encirci adjacent end portion of the members i5 and one end porion of said spring 6 is enn gaged, ns at 7, wiib iihe member while the opposite end porsion of the spring 1s engeged, es et 8, with ehe member B. n

in practice, the members A and B; betere being applied, ore rom-fred one relative to Lthe other to 'place ehe sprin 6 under tension and ibe members A and are then preferabiy snugly engaged Wiihin e case 9. The cese`r es illustreted in Figure 8.7 is enguier in cross section end abe member A et its outer end portion is provided with s bee@ i0 ond be member E er its intermefiiee perion is provided irib an outstanding il, seid heed l@ and isnge 1l eeob boring en engnier periphery similar to the seetionei eoniigure'ion of the esse 9.

sbo members snai B lieve been erre-.rigori wiihin Ebbe cese 9, the member A. is ibbresded upon tbe extended portion of a bolt 3 Wien 'ibewesber or member B innermost. iier proper eppiicebion of these members, be cese i? is removed.

Y Upon vv simio or kindred parts, tbe ension of tbe sprine" f5 Wiil import roteion co tire Washer or member and tbe eoneiing inclined orl beveiezi feces o and i5 Wiii readily enel eli Y eonipensoie Tier such weer.

"We sise ii; of ecirenege, e'iier our improvei'i compensating' deif'iee bes been eppiieii, *co einpioy the cotiser pin i2 or tbe iike through o boli; 8 outwardly of tbe spplied deviee enti {Lhrough opposed recesses l0 in the heed i() of bhe nui or rneinber Pr. This is of periieulsr odvencege in elle evene be sprinJ S should breek, nni'ier whieh fondiion inne eoilier pin 12 will proven?J rneinbers A and B from comingr apar-inurl wiii eiioe' oniy' tbe emoun of sleek wbieb bes been ee-ben up by zbe member E. i

The member A, in practice. is oii'e. size or the ordinary essile nut now nseri anni, bereore, vriii noitlinereese the amount of spash in be oii when used in gas engines sind can used in pieces Where iie smonn en .nee will not allow the use of ober ivinon ebanging; other peri-s of 4" nieeinne The member A een eiso be r manie to iii f 1y boli; or sind now in use snol by having' 'i'.be member E ioose on ehe como ingr boli or seno, seid member E Wiil notA binei on seid boit or sind which is very ape to occur `when 4e threaded nut is used in piace of die slip member B.

While e. coi-ter pin l2 een be used to edvani'coge, die nur, or member A may be ioclred o libe bolt 3" or 'ihe iiizetiirough tbe insrnnieneiiiy of s. sei.screvv 14, ns iliustrererl in Figure Y.

in tbe ernbodirnenf; of our invention as per iculoriy i'llusi'srsied in Figure o, the saine comprises iiree members. @ne of seni members X odegoied ino be tlirearieri upon tbe boit 3P' or the like While the remaining eer of the boi; l, tbe oep 2, the

i. ,eesfseo ytivo members Y are loosely errenged upon' said boli 3a inwardly of the member ornu; X. Each of these members Y is of subsen tieliy duplicate construc'eion and are provided with the opposed teeth i5 havingv ibeir outer faces inclined in elle same general clirection and substantially co the seine extent. Associated with the members Y end snrronnding the opposed ends of the seine is s coil spring 6', seid springr end members Y cooperating in the same rnenner end for faire seme purposes as has hereinbefore been sei; forth with respect to be spring o and tbe members A and B.

The ouer end of the cese 9 is provided si? substantially' diamericeily opposed peines with tbekinwzirdly disposed Wings or flanges 16 so that when seidl cese is eppiied to ibo members comprised in our eompensefsng eiervice, seid device is prevenied from passing entirely therethrough which Wonid otherwise impede or handicap the 'eppiieeiion of the Cievieel into a working position.

From the foregoing riesoription fit is thought to be obvious that s eompenseiing .1

device constructed in accor-dence Wiib our invention is particularly iveii adopted for use by reason of the convenience end. fsciiiey with which it may be ossembied and operoefi, and it Wiii sise be obvious ize; our invention is susceptible oi Sonie change ond modification Wiihou depar'ringi from one principles and spiriifJ thereof and for this rear son We do not Wisbto be undersood es Eimi'ting ourselves to tbe precise arrangement and formation of `tbe several parte herein shown in ceri-ying oni'I our yinreniion in practice except es bereineer oieirnefi.

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l. A 'compensating device of the eiess oieserbed comprising two members, seici merryl bers having rotation one reieisive to one oisieer when applied ico the Work9 opposed fee-:es of tbe members being provicieri with beveiezi portions edapr/ed io eonteeis, s springT ooeeing Wish saici members so anomezicely lroeze the members one with respec; to the other, and means engegrezibie with the ineinbers for holding tbe egeins: relativo roation before being applied to tbe Work.

2. compensating oievice or' lle nisse e scribed comprising7 two members one of said members beingoriented io be threaded 5o iis Work. tbe oilier being! 'free lbereon, lie opposed faces oi ilu` members being" pro- 'viiieii Wiix beve? portions, .finfl e member conneefingr the iii-s; wo members :inripieceii under ension upon relative roi-ation of die firstvro nei'nbers` in combineion with e, case to receive the first ivf/o members ihe some beve been reiaiveiy roeeri to pince be second named member unrier iene sion, seid case end first named members having cri-noting means to boid the first nwo members within 'lle ease against reletire lll] roiziiion under che influence of the second named member.

3. A compensating device of the class described comprising two members, one of seid members being adsp'ed ro be threaded toits rvorio the other being free ihereon, the opposed feces of ilhe members lbeing provided with bevel portionsfend e member oonnecif ing the rst two members :ind phased under iension upon relative rotation of he first two members, in combinsion with e oase to reoeive ilse rse two members, afer `the same have been relatively rotated 5o place the 

